Ana glad the boots went on. You only got an inch??? Wow and to of looked at the radar this morning I would of thought you got six. Must have evaporated before it hit the ground.

Glad you and thedogs have been out and had a nice run through the woods. I'll win the lottery and move next store then we can run together. Course there would go the neighborhood for sure.

L4l that is winter up here. When it drops below zero it usually won't snow but when it warms up it brings in the snow. Don't know why. They are saying more deepfreeze by Thursday. We get snow and then the temp drops so you can't enjoy it.

Space welcome to the weekend!!! Hope you have a great one!!

Well time to get ready and take the taxi out and then work the fish fry!! Have a wonderful afternoon and evening all.

Spent most of my morning at the Dentist. Ugh! Last night I managed to somehow catch the lower tip of my front tooth (which has mega bonding on it) with the top of a bottom tooth. Have no idea how, neither did the dentist. We laughed a lot over that one. So he ground, bonded, smoothed and smoothed and it's much better. At least my front teeth are the same length now. Was quite a sight overnight.

AND I can't believe it but it's realllly raining. Almost constant with huge drops. Wow. Streets building up major puddles at the sides and stupid people driving there deliberately to try to splash people walking by. Grrrrr.

So now to finally get to eat something. Dentist was running behind so my appointment was an hour after the scheduled time. He's a nice guy. Been with him since I was about 15! What fun.

The house next door is for sale so come on over! It's my identical house, just flipped. Ticks are an issue in the woods in the summer but that's when I take them to the other preserves to run and swim and ticks are not an issue there. It's very dog, hike and bike friendly here with lots of land designated for it. That is one reason I don't want to leave here.

Egads! I didn't post anything in the diner today. Sorry guys. I worked this morning and then came home and cleaned my apartment and did my laundry. Actually I got a lot done today. My apartment is spiffy clean.

So to de-stress after today's fun tooth fiasco, and getting creative with outdoorsie feeding methods to avoid the rain, I decided to go to the thrift store.

I knew I should (I follow my hunches) because there on a top shelf was an amber crystal butterfly, all sparkly and pretty. I picked it up, well sorta. Actually I grabbed for it, fumbled and dropped it! Lucky for me I have a nice well-fed tummy and it hit the tummy and bounced into the next shelf down. I had visions of shards of glass going everywhere if it had hit the cement floor.

So I manage to carefully retrieve it and it has NO price. They won't sell stuff with no tags. No exceptions. Soooo I look on the top shelf where it had been and lo and behold, there is a square red box clearly labeled "Baccarat"! So I look more closely at the butterfly and indeed it has a label of Baccarat and engraving and signatures on the bottom. Oh boy!

Now for the good part. It's marked 1.99. Yep, one dollar and 99 cents which with my senior discount comes out to 1.80. Had to read it a million times. Run to checkout and am approached by a savvy shopper who is always around and who buys pretty stuff for internet sales. He zoomed in on me, spotted the box from across the room. He's GOOD. Asked casually what I had and I proceeded to show him the butterfly and tell him the price. We both exchanged knowing glances because the check out girl asked, "is it expensive"? I quickly said, it's very pretty and people like to collect them. Good avoidance there.

So I get home, check the prices on line and find it's selling for 100 bucks from the Baccarat company and at department stores and for a low of 88 (plus tax and mega shipping) on ebay.

I think I got a pretty good deal on this one. Pretty little ornamental crystal butterfly and it's called the Lucky Butterfly. Awwww. Maybe it will bring me mega good luck!

We had our normal taco dinner...Per's favorite and tonight was the only possible because we will be busy all weekend.

After dinner, Cully helped me feed the dogs. He is so cute...Puts the food down and tells the dogs..."Lil Soot, no snacking!" "Keoki, no snacking!" etc til they all have their food. Then he said prayer with them and they all eat on "Amen."

We were planning a family movie, but my back is waaaaay too mouthy for that. Gonna go lie down and put the heating pad on it I think.

Sleep well all

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"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras

Taxi home and parked for the night. Was kind slow but steady at the fish fry tonight. Course the new fallin snow might have had something to do with that. Time now to relax.

Sorta that was a very good deal!!! Sounds pretty too. Glad the dentist part is over for now!!

Ana wonder if that would work. Cool idea!!!

L4l when the temp is that cold the air is sooooo dry that what ever moisture fell would evaporate before it hits the ground. Like throwing a glass of water in the air when it is below zero and it instantly vaporizes. Kind of a cool thing to do.